Telephone attachment.



Patented Oct. l5, l90l."

H. J. MIEB.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT. (Apphcahon filed my 14 1901 INVENTOR- -8@ 8- (No Model.)

WITNESSES UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE J. MIER, OF RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

SEEGIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,445, dated October 15, 1901.

Application filed May 14,1901.

To all whom, if; Duty concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE J. MIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rutherford, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephone Attachments, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates particularly to means adapted for attachment to a telephone for the commercial convenience of the telephone user without reference to the actual operation of the telephone system or the instrument; and it has for its object to provide simple, cheap, readily-constructed, and effective means attachable to any telephone upon which the person using the same may make memoranda while talking without the necessity of leaving the instrument to find a piece of writingpaper.

lVith this and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which like letters of reference designate corresponding parts in the several views, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a telephone provided with a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the device and of the telephone-desk upon which it is applied, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the attaching-strip forming part of the device.

In the practice of my invention I form two separate strips or rectangles A and B of silicon-slate or similar material adapted to receive writing thereon and to permit its rapid removal therefrom. In the rectangle A, I form a central longitudinal slot O, extending through the major portion of the length thereof, and upon the other rectangle B, I secure a stud D, provided with a head D of greater width than the slot 0. The said stud projects upwardly from the strip or rectangle B and through the slot 0, and the head thereof engages the surface of the strip A at either side of the said slot.

To the outer edge or end of each of the strips or rectangles A and B, I secure springclips E, formed with laterally-extended ends E, by means whereof they may be secured Serial No. 60,161. (No model.)

to the strip. The main portion of the clip comprises two parallel curved arms which project outwardly to engage the edge of the telephone desk or ledge F and are projected inwardly to form a loop or segment E adapted to engage the under surface of the said desk or ledge.

The operation of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the advantages resultant from the use thereof will be manifest to all who are conversant with devices of this character.

The appliance being constructed as described and it being desired to apply the same, I connect it to the desk or ledge of the telephone by extending the two strips, then mounting the device upon the desk or ledge and telescoping the parts inwardly together until the spring-clips engage the ends or edges of the said desk or ledge, whereupon the device as a whole will be held thereto, and the two parts will also be held firmly together by the stud and head and by the engagement of the said spring-clips with the desk or ledge.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An attachment for the desk or shelf of a telephone, comprising two strips or rectangles superposed one above another, and slidably connected, the upper strip being provided with a longitudinal slot and the lower strip with an upwardly-projecting stud or pin which passes through and is movable in said slot and is provided at its upper end with a head, and spring-clamps secured to the outer end of each of said strips and adapted to detachably and resiliently engage the edges of a desk or shelf of varying widths so as to prevent the inward or outward movement of the strips and hold them in the desired adjustment and simultaneously attach them to the desk or shelf, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 13th day of May, 1901.

HORACE J. MIER. 

